An Example of a "Learning Process" Journal (using the 2 colored box format)

Book: The Golden Ratio (2002) by Mario Livio

Source: New York: Broadway.

It is 8:30 am (Tuesday). I read the third chapter yesterday. I want to make a few notes and then continue reading at least one more chapter.

Chapter 3 Under a Star - Y - Pointing Pyramid

• Key idea: Neither the early Babylonians nor the early Egyptians were not aware of the mathematical properties of f.
• Important points:
  • Although a number of scholars have invented far fetched and imaginative theories to show that these ancient civilizations were aware of f, there is no real evidence to support their claims.
  • Chaptes 2 & 3 are both negative in the sense that they show that there is no historical evidence to support the idea that early Babylonian and Egyptian civilizations were familiar with f, but so far I have only read what f is not, and have not read anything that helps me appreciate what it is.

• Quotes
  • "... the occult side of pyramidology, was, for example, a central theme to the cult of the Rosicrucians (founded in 1459 by Christian Rosenkruez) ... Freemasonry originated from some factions of the Rosicrucians' cult. [p. 53]

• Chapter 4 The Second Treasure

  • Key idea:
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• Questions:
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Mathematics Index